MR. NEHRU'S NEIGHBOURS Ste,—Your readers may be interested in the
following impressions of conditions in Tibet as seen from the Indian frontier State. of Sikkim:
Kalimpong and Gantok are full of. Tibetans and Chinese—apart from the locals. Half the people are spies—at least that is the impression one gets; my mail was opened and some of it never reached me. 1 was enquired about here and there and asked to relay reports on the situation in Tibet to Hong Kong. In one way and another it was almost like the old days in China. Trade with Tibet--which really means trade with China—is flourishing and some people are making a lot of money out of it. For China is now gradually tightening her hold on Tibet —although not without some opposition—and roads are being built to the Indian border and airfields are also being put down. The Chinese take every chance of stirring up trouble in Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, the neighbouring States, and it is pretty obvious that it will be only a matter of time before they start a movement for incorporation with Tibet. The only chance seems to be for the three States to form a union under active support from the Indian Government, but India seems to be scared of offending China, so it will probably be too late by the time they get round to that.—Yours faithfully,
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